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Sunday, 13 May 2018

Sports Quiz

Main reason, actually is that I had them already prepared and I've been ill over the weekend, so hope you'll except my excuse!

Hope you enjoy.........

1. Who is the only (male) darts player to have reached the final of both the PDC and BDO World Championships, without ever winning either?

Simon Whitlock

2.A term also used in football, what name is given to a specialised defensive volleyball player,that must wear a contrasting jersey colour from their teammates, and who cannot block or attack the ball when it is entirely above net height?

Libero

3. Playing all of his professional county career for Lancashire, who captained the West Indies to victory in the first two Cricket World Cup finals, in 1975 and 1979?

Clive Lloyd

4. In 2017, Yusuke Takanashi won his 5th World Championship title of the 21st century, at which board game, patented in its current form in Japan, in 1971,by Goro Hasegawa?

Reversi (or Othello)

5. (Distance and event needed) Although he would later win Gold in 2004,2008 and 2016 (silver in 2012),which was the only event that a 15 year old Michael Phelps competed in, at his first Olympics in 2000, finishing fifth in the final?

200m Butterfly

6. (Pictured) Achieving the feat in 2000, who is the only French woman to win the French Open Womens singles title in the Open era (ie since 1968) ?

Mary Pierce

7. Helping them win the league twice, the UEFA Cup and the Coppa Italia,for which Italian football club did Diego Maradonna 188 appearances between 1984 and 1991?

Napoli

8. In 1890, John Ball became the first non-Scottish person to win which prestigious sporting event, first played in 1860, and whose title is currently held by an American?

The British Golf Open Championship

9. Taking place in 1998, in Nagano,which nation won the first ever Women's Ice Hockey Olympic Gold medal?

USA

10. Sharing its name with an Atlantic ocean current, which Florida race course is home to the Pegasus World Cup, the richest horse race in the world?

Gulfstream (Park)

11. (Pictured) Considered one of the best doubles players of all time, which legendary Indian tennis player, has competed at seven Olympic Games, won 18 Grand Slam titles and is the all-time record holder for most Davis Cup doubles victories?

Leander Paes

12. Which is the only country to have finished in 3rd place at two consecutive FIFA (men's) World Cup finals?

Germany

13. Taking its new name in 2017, which sport's World Champions,(particularly popular with Commonwealth nations), are awarded the Paul Barriere Trophy - the current holders are Australia?

Rugby League

14. (Pictured) Having had multiple top five finishes at every golf major, he has yet to claim any of the titles. Famed for wearing orange on the final round of a golf tournament, what is the name of this top American golfer?

Rickie Fowler

15. In 2000, Bangladesh became the most recent Test playing cricketing nation. Against which nation did they play their inaugural test match, eventually losing by 9 wickets?

India

16. The official golf rankings,(as they are today), were introduced in 1986. Which European golfer was awarded first 'World Number One' rank, holding it for 3 weeks, before handing it over to another European?

Bernhard Langer

17. (Pictured) In 2017,which Canadian ice hockey player and captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins, became only the third player to win consecutive Conn Smythe trophies as the Most Valuable Player of the Stanley Cup play-offs?

Sidney Crosby

18. Egyptian sportsmen, Karim Abdel Gawad and Mohamed El Shorbagy were the 2016 and 2017 World Champions of which indoor sport?

Squash

19. Which Scottish town is the location for the Scottish Grand National steeplechase run each year?

Ayr

20. Merlene Ottey, has appeared at a record seven Summer Olympic Games, a record for an athlete. Between 1980 and 2000 she represented Jamaica, but which European nation did she represent at the 2004 Athens Games, on account of her coaching partnership with Srđan Đorđević?

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I started this site as a slightly more challenging trivia test.I want to improve my own General Knowledge as well as helping others improve theirs.I 'm hoping to add a few more useful and fun quizzes,so that everyone can enjoy.I also write questions for quiz nights,so if you would like some questions prepared personally or for an event,then feel free to contact me justquiz@hotmail.co.uk or Facebook/Twitter under the heading JustQuiz